#4FBCBD#4FBCBD

#4FBCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4FBCBD
RGB	rgb(79, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -30.45, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 32.01, 197.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.095 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.099 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3890, 41.2997, 54.5044)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4FBCBD #BD504F

analogous

#4FBD87 #4FBCBD #4F85BD

triadic

#4FBCBD #BD4FBC #BCBD4F

tetradic

#4FBCBD #874FBD #BD504F #85BD4F

square

#4FBCBD #874FBD #BD504F #85BD4F

split-complementary

#4FBCBD #BD4F85 #BD874F

monochromatic

#28696A #389696 #4FBCBD #7CCDCE #A8DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4FBCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#4FBCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4FBCBD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4FBCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4FBCBD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4fbcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0d0',
    500: '#4fbcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4fbcbd;
$custom-light: #8cd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4fbcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.545,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73326,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4FBCBD

secondary

#CC9C9C

accent

#5453D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4FBCBD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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